Celebration in the Oaks Warehouse - New Orleans, Louisiana

Amanda J.

They have a decent amount of lights, but to be honest, I feel like they could definitely have more for the price. It's hard to judge because I wasn't blown away by the experience, but I also wasn't fully disappointed. If you have kids or if you're into rides, i do feel like you get your money's worth because there's a good bit of rides. You get free hot chocolate at a few places. We did enjoy the train ride, though again, I do feel like more could be set up for that, but again, I'm not totally disappointed, it was just a cool experience. I do think it's worth seeing and experiencing at least once. This is for the walking tour, not the driving tour.

Alicia F.

This is a great event for the family. Lots of lights and fun things to see and do in the park. The staff is the most unhappy bunch of people I’ve ever seen in my life. Looked like all teenagers who absolutely HATED their jobs. It would have been nice to see a smile or even be greeted when walked upon since everyone is there to get into the spirit of Christmas.

Miranda R.

We went on a “value night” so it was $47 for two people for the walking tour. For adults who won’t be riding the rides (other than the train) I don’t think this would be worth it at full price.

The train ride through the light display was fun but I expected more lights for how expensive it is for the car/limo drive through! That doesn’t seem worth it at all.

Melissa B.

Did the drive through tour and it was nice but it says online 30-45 minutes.. For $40 I was disappointed when less than 20 min we were through it. Definitely not enough lights for the price. There were like 2 underwhelming tunnels, otherwise it was the equivalent of driving through a neighborhood where every 5th house had lights up. The naughty and nice list with our names was probably the highlight which is disappointing. Wouldn’t go again, go to gretna and drive down Huey P long st and get the free lights there, that is the wow factor this wasn’t.

I only took 2 photos on the whole drive

Libby

Very disappointed in Celebration in the Oaks this year. A lot of the lights were out for the walking tour making the experience even more unpleasant with the crowds and families that would not take care of their little ones breaking the displays. The long line for the train ride was also not worth it when so few lights were up compared to previous years.

Teya M.

Paid 40$ for the drive through. The lights had several little themes. Only seen 2-3 actual Christmas scenes. DIFFINITELY NOT ENOUGH LIGHTS, it's not really worth it. I have drove through neighborhoods with better lights.

Mark S.

This used to be such an amazing family experience, but since the pandemic the event had become a disappointment. So many steps backward I don't know where to start. With the persisting "driving tour" they cannibalized the lighting that was in the oak grove around the train tracks. Used to love the train ride as a highlight with the kids. They drive us on the train through pitch blackness. No lighting or displays. A soulless experience. There used to be something like a lively Christmas market with food, drinks, music, souvenirs. Gone. The music and light show at the back of the botanical gardens was gone. Santa and Mrs. Claus phot booth: gone.. And a subtle change: They made ticketing all digital/online purchase only. This eliminates the line on opening night but also kills the excitement and anticipation. Used to be energy in the air from the anticipation to rush in and do your favorite thing. Now it's just a blah kickoff wandering in with your cell phone to be scanned. Probably done with it. The magic never came back with all the changes.

Tanya M.

we paid like 25, you can tell the lights took time to make and put out for display. we went through it in 30 minutes top, but was still enjoyable. if you need a family-friendly event in new orleans